Navicat, an impressive database admin tool which has versions to manage specific databases is now offering an unique tool named Navicat Premium which can manage:

• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle

within a single application with amazing features.

Navicat Premium allows you to control these 3 database types like they are the same & saves you too much time. You can:

• drag’n drop tables from Oracle to MySQL, PostgreSQL to MySQL and vice versa
• schedule operations for different databases such as print report in MySQL, backup data in Oracle and synchronize data in PostgreSQL to run automatically

The application comes with all the nice features of the Navicat family:

• advanced import/ export wizard
• query builder
• report builder
• data synchronization
• backup
• job scheduler
• & more

For anyone who works cross-database, Navicat Premium is a must-have software that removes all the headache of working with multiple applications & compatibility problems between databases.

It is available for two platforms - Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

Special 50% Discount to WebResourcesDepot Readers:

Navicat is offering a 50% discount to WRD readers for Navicat Premium. To get the discount, you need to choose the "Shareit" as the payment option and use the coupon code: webpre50.

Note: Discount will be available for 2 weeks starting today (until 17 July 2009)

One Navicat Premium License Giveaway (How To Win It?)

To get a chance to win a free license ($369 value) of this beautiful application, simply comment to this post with your thoughts. The winner will be selected randomly on 10 July 2009 (1 week later) randomly via the query below:

SELECT * FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_post_id=1028 AND comment_approved=1 AND comment_type='' GROUP BY comment_author_email ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 1

Good luck.

Wix is a free web-based service for creating simple to advanced Flash websites.

It offers 100s of ready-to-use and well-categorized free Flash templates (like e-flyers, photographers, business & more) or everything can be created from scratch with a blank one.

Wix is very easy to use with its drag’n drop editor that enables anyone to add:

• any type of media (sound, video, images)
• shapes, cliparts, animations, effects
• advanced photo albums (slideshows, coverflow, carousel & more)
• & lots of widgets like Google Maps, RSS, contact forms

to their websites.

If you want to sell stuff, the application has a solution for that too. It offers PayPal buttons to be added & configured with ease.

Although Wix looks like a perfect fit for anyone who is not into or new to web design (considering it does not require any programming skills), it is also a solution for experienced users to create impressive websites very quickly.

Websites created by this free web design service are search engine friendly & hosted free. For anyone looking into getting more with Wix, check the premium upgrades.

P.S. This post is a sponsored review.

Last week, a post on WebResourcesDepot had announced the giveaway of free credits ($225 worth) by FlashMint, a very popular flash templates provider, to WRD readers.

Winners are announced at the bottom of the post, but before that, to remember:

FlashMint is offering a variety of products from high quality Flash Intros,  Flash CMS Templates, premium Wordpress Themes to Joomla Layouts & superior osCommerce / Swish Templates.

Besides these templates offered, FlashMint has a wide collection of Flash components that can be easily used to improve any website.

The winners of the giveaway:

Winners are selected randomly from users who tweeted the message: "Want to win $100 credit for Flash Designs from http://www.flashmint.com/ ? Check the details and join the contest at: http://tr.im/nfy8" in Twitter. And here they are:

• @korich - $100 credit
• @elvista- $75 credit
• @ocraig1 - $50 credit

Congratulations to the winners & thanks to everyone for contributing.

FlashMint.com, one of the most popular flash templates provider with a rich collection of premium website templates for all tastes, is giving away free credits to 3 WebResourcesDepot readers:

• $100 credit to one reader
• $75 credit to one reader
• $50 credit to one reader

Credits can be spent on any FlashMint products which varies from high quality Flash Intros,  Flash CMS Templates, premium Wordpress Themes to Joomla Layouts & superior osCommerce / Swish Templates.

Details of winning the free credits can be found at  the bottom of the post.

Apart from the exclusive web designs, FlashMint provides Flash components (from XML slideshows to editable e-mail contact forms) for improving your website’s functionality and enhancing its presentation.

And, for any questions you may have before or after purchasing any FlashMint products, they offer a friendly & helpful customer support.

How to win the free credits?

Simply tweet this message on Twitter: Want to win $100 credit for Flash Designs from http://www.flashmint.com/ ? Check the details and join the contest at: http://tr.im/nfy8 (click to tweet easily).

Winners will be selected randomly from tweeters & announced 1 week later (10 June 2009) at WRD.

P.S. Credits can not be replaced with cash & it is possible to buy items with a higher price than the credit earned by simply paying the difference.

As designers & developers, we try to make a website easier-to-use for end-users. This can be building a less-complicated system, using different sizes & colors according to the priority of the content, etc.

But, whatever we do, we need to findout if these work or not. Because sometimes, users do the unexpected & surprise you with "how the easy-to-use website you created" is not easy for them.

Clixpy, a very easy to install & use web usability testing tool, is a great helper for finding out how users browse a website. It does this by recording the activities of:

• mouse movements
• clicks
• scrollings
• form inputs

A statistics application can give you the browsing route of a visitor. But, it does not provide what happens at that route & why readers choose that route, which actually are the vital questions. And this is what Clixpy offers.

How to install & use it?

A JavaScript code inserted into a website’s footer is automatically detected by Clixpy & tracking/recording starts (will be great if it becomes possible to limit the websites that can use the code to prevent unexpected usages).

From the admin interface of the application, you can filter the sessions recorded by domain, date or the status (new captures, atched ones, etc.).

Before viewing a session, you can have a strong idea about the details of it as Clixpy displays the number of pageviews, which pages are viewed, duration & user + browser details captured. It also enables you to save & take notes on any capture to analyze them later.

By clicking on any captured session, Clixpy presents you the same experience the reader has on the website.

Also, you can define a limit on the capturing process like "capture first 20 sessions" or "stop the whole capture feature anytime".

What to expect as a result?

After installing Clixpy & capturing the sessions of your visitors, it is time to analyze the results. Simply:

• watch the sessions
• see which features your visitors find difficult & easy to use
• take notes
• & take action, fix the parts that you can offer a better user experience. And, for a double check, re-capture those webpages with Clixpy to see if the updates really work.

50 free promo codes with 100 captures each

Clixpy is offering 50 free promo codes to WebResourcesDepot readers for tasting the application. Each promo code enables you to capture 100 sessions. To get one, besides any comment you might have, simply mention "I want a discount code" in the comments & one promo code will be e-mailed to you within a day.

All promo codes are now requested. But don’t worry, you can always play with Clixpy’s demo to see how it works.

Few days ago, a post had announced the giveaway of 5,000 business cards (1,000 cards each to 5 readers) & one 18*24 canvas print by UPrinting.

Winners are selected & you can find this info at the bottom of this post.

To Remind: About UPrinting

UPrinting is a very flexible online printing company that you can both get your designs printed in almost any format, including canvas prints, or use the templates provided.

They are fast in delivery & have good prizes with quality prints.

And the winners:

For the business cards:

• Andrew (comment #39429)
• C. M. (comment #39453)
• TJ Mapes (comment #39422)
• Francois (comment #39438)
• Elena (comment #39762)

For the 18*24 canvas print:

• Matthias (comment #39376)

Thanks to everyone for contributing this giveaway & congratulations to winners.

P.S. Interested in business cards? Check out the business card printing services of UPrinting.

UPrinting, is giving away 5,000 business cards (5 readers / 1,000 cards each) & one 18*24 canvas print to WebResourcesDepot readers.

You can find the details of the giveaway at the bottom of the post.

About UPrinting:

UPrinting is a very flexible online printing company that you can both get your designs printed in almost any format, including canvas prints, or use the templates provided.

They are fast in delivery & have good prizes with quality prints.

How to win the free business cards?

Important: The giveaway includes free shipping to USA & Canada. For other countries, shipping must be paid by the winner.

Commenting to this post with "what you would use the free business cards and/or canvas print for" to join this business card printing giveaway & winners will be selected randomly via the query below on 9 March 2009 (1 week later).

SELECT * FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_post_id=831 AND comment_approved=1 AND comment_type='' GROUP BY comment_author_email ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 6

Good luck to all : ).

Templates.com, a place to find quality templates, professional cliparts, 3D models & more, is running a wallpaper contest.

The contest is devoted to St.Valentine’s Day with the topic: "LOVE will save the world!".

Submissions can be an image, 3D art, vector, photo or pixmap which must be in JPG format. They can be submitted until 14th of February.

Winners will be selected by the user votes and the contest jury.

The designer who creates the best wallpaper will get the $150 prize, announced as the winner at Templates.com and get exposure.

More details can be found at the contest page.

P.S. This post is an advertorial.

Last week, a post at WebResourcesDepot had announced the giveaway of 3 MachForm, a self-hosted HTML form builder, licenses ($39/license).

Winners are selected & announced at the bottom of the post.

To remind, what is MachForm?

It is a  HTML form builder that you can install it under any website, comes with full PHP source code & uses MySQL for storing data.

It simply makes these processes very easy:

• creating forms
• collecting data
• analyzing & exporting the data

It is a flexible application which you can create almost any type of forms & style them to fit your needs.

Here are the winners?

• Victor (comment #33551)
• advative (comment #33673)
• Jerry82 (comment #33488)

Congratulations to the winners, they will be contacted by MachForm staff shortly and thanks to everyone for joining this giveaway.

OmnistarMailer is a web based e-mail marketing & autoresponder software.

It is an installable application that is built with PHP & uses MySQL to store data.

It enables you to create unlimited e-mail lists/members to:

• send them manual or automated newsletters/campaigns
• make online surveys
• send automated reminders (for ex: in birthdays)

And users can be added:

• manually
• by collecting data via an "integrated form builder" that forms can be embedded into your website.

The campaign manager is a very strong e-sales tool as you can track clicks of newsletters & market your products only to users who viewed your campaign or autoresponder.

OmnistarMailer has a feature-rich & smart auto-responder mechanism.

Once a user signs up to your mailing list, you can use this autoresponder software to schedule a series of follow up emails. You can schedule unlimited emails to go out to your users with separate time intervals.

Some other features

• There are various ready to use e-mail templates
• Multilingual (translate to any language by simply updating a file)
• Can be re-branded (can be sold as a product of your own)
  
• Supports big maillists
• Has a comprehensive bounce reporting system
• Detailed reports on every step
• Data import & export
• & more (see all features)

Special discount

This web based email marketing software is also offering a 20% discount to WRD readers. You can simply use the promotion code: "webresources" for that.

P.S. This post is a sponsored review